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How to pronounce swamps

Say it like SWAHMPS. Swamps is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/swɑmps/SWAHMPS
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  • SWAHMPS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Swamps pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. SWAHMPSSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ah" in father.

Other ways to say swamps

Swamps also has this pronunciation, usually with a different meaning or use:

  • SWAWMPS /swɔmps/

What does swamps mean?

noun
  1. plural of swamp How to pronounce swamp
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of swamp How to pronounce swamp

Questions about saying swamps

How do you pronounce swamps?

Say SWAHMPS. The American pronunciation is /swɑmps/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in swamps?

Swamps is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: SWAHMPS.

Pronunciation from CMUdict; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).